Sankt Johann, Mainz-Bingen Explained

Sankt Johann
Image Coa:Wappen von Sanktjohann.png
Coordinates:49.8683°N 8.0192°W
Image Plan:Sankt Johann in MZ.svg
State:Rheinland-Pfalz
District:Mainz-Bingen
Verbandsgemeinde:Sprendlingen-Gensingen
Elevation:150
Area:5.66
Postal Code:55578
Area Code:06701
Licence:MZ
Gemeindeschlüssel:07 3 39 050
Website:www.sprendlingen-gensingen.de
Mayor:Hans Bergmann[1]
Leader Term:2019 - 24
Bürgermeistertitel:Ortsbürgermeister

Sankt Johann is an Ortsgemeinde – a municipality belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde, a kind of collective municipality – in the Mainz-Bingen district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.

Geography

The municipality lies in Rhenish Hesse and belongs to the Verbandsgemeinde of Sprendlingen-Gensingen, whose seat is in Sprendlingen.

History

The typical Rhenish-Hessian wine village was known in the Middle Ages as Weiler Megelsheim (Weiler means “hamlet” in German) and had its first documentary mention in 1220.

Culture and sightseeing

Buildings

The municipality's landmark is the High Gothic Evangelical Johanniskirche (Saint John's Church) with an important Oberndörfer organ from 1793. This church was built as a pilgrimage church in the latter half of the 14th century by the Counts of Sponheim. It is consecrated to John the Baptist. Worth seeing are the church's mediaeval wall paintings and the modern church windows by Heinz Hindorf.

Sport

Up above the community, on the Wißberg, is a golf course.

Regular events

There are regular concerts at Saint John's Church.

The Sankt Johanner Jahrmarkt, a yearly market, goes back to the Middle Ages and is held on the weekend following Midsummer

Notable people

Further reading

External links

Notes and References

  1. https://www.wahlen.rlp.de/de/kw/wahlen/kd/gebiete/3390000000000.html Direktwahlen 2019, Landkreis Mainz-Bingen